The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-07-08
KRIOKBAUM ANSWERED AND AR
RAIGNED.
BLooMssURG, July 1st, 1887.

BLooMs3URG, July 1st, 1887.
The slanderous attacks of VIM.
Krickbaum's Sentinel made against
me from time to time are scarcely
worthy of reply, and l would treat
them with silent contempt, were it not
for the fact that some people might
look upon them as having semblance
of truth, if they remain unanswered.
A little more than year ago l gave
the public some facts, and made charges
against Krickbaum which to this day re.
main unanswered. Instead of meeting
my article with manly reply, he has per-
sisted in flinging all manner of un.
truths and heaping the worst abuse his
abusive nature can command upon me,
both with his vile tongue aud his news
paper which he is using as an organ to
once more gain control of the Com
missioners' office. With his customary
deceit he writes an article in which he
attempts to make people believe he
will not accept the commissioners
clerkship, although every one must
admit that he believes Krickbaum
wants that position and is working
hard to secure the election of com
missioners whom he can control both
as to clerkship and county printing.
will state right here that the real rea-
son of Krickbaum's attacks upon me
is the fact that for years l have refus-
ed TO train with him. The two reasons
why he shows 50 much venom toward
the commissioners is, first, because the
two Democratic commissioners refused
to accept his offered bribes for the
commissioners clerkship in 1885, and,
second, because they refused to give
him the county printing. Having
thus given his motives for the untruth-
full and venomous articles contain
ed in the Sentinel, / will show his hy-
pocrisy in regard to the salary attach
ed to my office. If he were an honest
man he would have practiced when he
was clerk what he now breaches
through the columns of his paper. He
advocates salary of $500, when the
work is fifty per cent. more than
when he was clerk at a salary of
$500. / have in my possession the
written application of D. E. Haymen
dated December, 1875, offering to act
as commissioners clerk for $500. AT
that time Krickbaum was elected at a
salary of $500, two commissioners vot-
ing for him and one for Hayman.
Now if Krickbaum loved the tax pay
ers as well as he Processes to, why dio
he not surrender the clerkship to one
who offered TO do the work for $500
less than was paid hint If he gets to
be commissioners clerk again, the
Sentinel will no longer advocate a
$500 salary. Again Krickbaum says
he used to shovel the snow from the
Court House side walk. Let us see!
The record shows that on February 9th
1878, on February 18th 1878, 8,when he,
Krickbaum, was clerk, the county paid
Miles Harms and Henry Yohe for
shoveling snow, Knight call attention
to other matters to show his hypocrisy
as pretended refOrner, aud his un-
truthfulness as an editor. But what
is the use of doing soY The people
nave nun hl vic JULIE, anu
they know of his crooked and deceit
ful methods of defeating honest men.
What better recommendation do the
people want for the present commission
ers than the well known fact of their
refusal to be bought like sheep by re,
former Kriekbaum? As for myself, |
challenge Krickbaum to lay his finger
on a single official act of mine which
will not bear the closest scrutiny lie
complains that | will not let him have
the records. Why? Because | have
discoyered records altered by him be-
fore the ink was dry. In last week :
Sentinel he makes a cowardly insinua-
ton that county funds were used for
eleotioneering purposes. This ridlcu-
lous statement goes to show how des-
perate this reformQ) politician is get
tirg, as the election draws near. But
what es be care2 If he can only
deceive the people long enough to gain
his own selfish ends, aud once more
secure the position in which he did
70 much to corrupt the politics of the
county, then he will be content. His
whole polilica, life has been one of de-
ocitfuln,ss and betrayal of friends,
and | write this article TO call the peo.
pies attention to his motives for sland-
ering and villifying the commissioners
and myself.
JoHN b. CASEY.